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- Policies and procedures
What is the latest on the EHRC's updated statutory code of practice for services, public functions and associations? The code has been approved and takes effect on 5 August 2026. Although this code does not cover employment, its contents provide a useful pointer for employers on the best approach to toilets and changing facilities for transgender staff. The Toilets and facilities section of this policy has been updated based on examples given in the updated code.
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- Letters and forms
What is the latest on the EHRC's updated statutory code of practice for services, public functions and associations? The code has been approved and takes effect on 5 August 2026. Although this code does not cover employment, its contents provide a useful pointer for employers on the best approach to toilets and changing facilities for transgender staff.
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- Employment law guide
This guide explains gender reassignment (or transitioning) as a protected characteristic, the third of nine characteristics that are protected from unlawful discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
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- 7 July 2026
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- News
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has dropped its case against Jennifer Melle, the nurse suspended for talking to the media about how her NHS trust treated her after she misgendered a trans patient. Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust confidentially settled its high-profile tribunal case with Melle in April, just before an employment tribunal case was to be heard.
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- Editor's choice
Updated with information concerning the EU Pay Transparency hub
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- 22 May 2026
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- News
The Government has laid the Equality and Human Rights Commission's draft updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations before Parliament. Having received ministerial approval, Parliament now has 40 days to scrutinise the code. If it does not reject it, the Government will set a date for it to come into force.
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- 15 May 2025
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- News
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has extended its planned consultation on an updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations - following the Supreme Court's biological sex judgment - from two to six weeks.
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- Leading practice guides
As a result of the Supreme Court's For Women Scotland decision, updated to set out an approach for employers to adopt for providing toilets and facilities.
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- Leading practice guides
Updated to strengthen the message that organisations should continue to support transgender and non-binary equality in the workplace following the For Women Scotland Supreme Court decision, including how to manage gender-identity beliefs and gender-critical beliefs in the workplace.
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- Leading practice guides
As a result of the Supreme Court's For Women Scotland decision, updated to refine the definition of "sex" for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010.